George Herbert
George Herbert
George Herbertwas a Welsh poet, orator and Anglican priest. Herbert's poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognized as "a pivotal figure: enormously popular, deeply and broadly influential, and arguably the most skilful and important British devotional lyricist."...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 April 1593
should feels
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not. [He that doth what he should not shall feel what he would not.]
needs shoulders broads
Quick believers need broad shoulders.
broads shoulders
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
should ifs loses
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
white caps should
If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.
baby want should
If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.
should-have doe should
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
drew dust guilty love soul
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back / Guilty of dust and sin.
dog vain bark
An old dog barks not in vain.
calendars
Death keeps no calendar.
hath
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
eyes hundred seller
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
delight sacrifice sermon turn verse
A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice
good hundred mother worth
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.